{"id":1322,"date":"2013-02-08T08:00:03","date_gmt":"2013-02-08T13:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/?p=1322"},"modified":"2013-02-06T15:48:58","modified_gmt":"2013-02-06T20:48:58","slug":"hows-your-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/08\/hows-your-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"How&#8217;s Your Heart?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>February is American Heart Month.\u00a0 Do you take care of your heart?<\/p>\n<p>Well, 75% of you are probably reading because you&#8217;re a runner of some sort, which means you exercise, which is a great step in taking care of your heart.\u00a0 But it&#8217;s not the only step.<\/p>\n<p>As someone who has a slightly odd ticker, I try to do my best to stay heart healthy.\u00a0 But it&#8217;s always good to do a double check.\u00a0 There is a neat tool on the American Heart Association website called <a href=\"http:\/\/mylifecheck.heart.org\/Default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">My Life Check<\/a>.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a quick assessment to determine how to improve your heart health and improve your quality of life.<\/p>\n<p>Now, I love online quizzes.\u00a0 So I had to take this one.<\/p>\n<p>The check uses &#8220;Life&#8217;s Simple Seven&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Get Active<\/li>\n<li>Control Cholesterol<\/li>\n<li>Eat Better<\/li>\n<li>Manage Blood Pressure<\/li>\n<li>Lose Weight<\/li>\n<li>Reduce Blood Sugar<\/li>\n<li>Stop Smoking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So where did I succeed and where did I fail?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve never been a smoker, so that one&#8217;s easy.\u00a0 And I&#8217;m fairly active, though as I&#8217;ve said, I&#8217;m working on increasing my activity.\u00a0 And as of my last doctor&#8217;s appointment, my blood pressure was good.<\/p>\n<p>My diet was admittedly not as good as it could be.\u00a0 I just don&#8217;t eat enough veggies every day.\u00a0 Some days, I do great.\u00a0 Others, I feel like I&#8217;m barely getting in two servings.\u00a0 So I need to step that up. 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